eurekapd Chapter 280 The Old Man Who Went to Appraise Treasures
Chapter 280 The Old Man Who Went to Appraise Treasures
[Pfft, I think I know who it is. Even though it's unkind to say this, I have to say that the old man's description is quite apt.]
[The anchor said so, so he's probably right. It seems the old man has most likely been scammed. Call the police immediately.]
[I'm a little curious, what did the old man buy? ]
Seeing that netizens were very curious about what grandpa bought, Mi Li did not hide anything and immediately turned around and went outside. After a while, she walked in front of everyone with a bunch of things in her arms.
"My grandfather spent over 50,000 yuan to buy this Bagua mirror. He said it's a magical tool that has been blessed and can ward off evil spirits if hung at home.
And this peach wood sword, Grandpa spent over 100,000 yuan on it, saying it was made of lightning-struck wood, a supreme yang treasure." As he spoke, Mi Li laid out a bunch of items on the table.
Even Bai Ningyu couldn't help but be shocked when she saw it. She was afraid that her real talisman was too expensive at two thousand yuan each.
As a result, people still buy these fake products even though they cost tens of thousands of dollars each. It turns out that the world of the rich is different. The scams they fall into are things that ordinary people cannot afford.
Not only that, Mi Li finally took out a painting, which clearly depicted a phoenix flying down from a cliff.
Then Mi Li looked at Bai Ningyu and said, "Host, this painting cost my grandfather four million. It's said to be a phoenix painting by Lin Liang from the Ming Dynasty."
[Uh... As far as I know, Lin Liang's phoenix painting is currently kept in the Xiangguo Temple in Kyoto, Japan. It's unlikely to be lost.]
Mi Li looked as if she had expected this and sighed helplessly, "That's what I told Grandpa too.
But my grandfather said that the one in Xiangguoji Temple in Kyoto, Japan was fake, and the one he bought was the real one.
A patriot secretly switched the real painting and brought it back to the country. My grandfather was afraid that our ancestors' things would fall into the hands of foreigners again, so he bought it.
My grandfather wanted to donate it to a museum, but my father was afraid of losing face and told him to make sure whether it was real or not before donating it.
Look, the old man angrily took Tang Bohu's authentic work to have it authenticated, and he hasn't come back yet."
[Well, it's good that the old man has this intention, but next time he goes out to buy these things, it's best to have someone who knows the business with him.]
【Who knows, maybe this is actually an authentic work.】
This is impossible. The brushwork of this painting is very different from the original. It's not from the Ming Dynasty at all. It's obvious at first glance that it's new, a fake copied by someone.
Just then, Mi Li's phone rang. It turned out that Mi Li's grandfather and the appraiser had an argument.
Mi Li quickly drove to the appraisal room where her grandfather was.
As soon as we arrived, we saw the appraiser looking at the jade bottle in front of him and said to an old man, "Old man, this is new, undisputedly new."
Upon hearing this, the old man angrily picked up the jade bottle and asked the appraiser, "If you want to talk nonsense, I think you are the newbie! You are a newbie who knows nothing. This is an old item from the Warring States Period!"
As he spoke, the old man ignored the appraiser in front of him and turned around to take the jade bottle in his hand to another appraiser and said, "He can't judge it accurately. You take a good look at it for me."
The other appraiser did not refuse. He picked up the jade bottle in front of him, looked at it, and said three words lightly: "Old thing."
[No way! Even though I'm not an expert yet, I can tell it's fake right away. How could this appraiser say it's real?]
"That shouldn't be the case. I often watch him appraise treasures. He's very skilled at jade identification. He shouldn't make such a mistake."
Hearing this, the old man finally showed a satisfied smile on his face, and couldn't stop praising: "I said, you have to be an expert. You really have a good eye. This thing of mine is just an old item."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the appraiser in front of him silently add: "I mean, compared to this jade bottle, you are the old thing."
As soon as these words were spoken, the live broadcast room burst into laughter.
[Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter. This person has such a sharp tongue. Right? This is the treasure appraiser I know.]
I was just drinking water, but when I heard this, I couldn't stop laughing and spit out a mouthful of water all over my son's face. Now the child's grandparents are rolling their eyes.
[Wow, I was having diarrhea just now, but when I heard this, I laughed so hard that the pressure in my abdomen increased, and the poop just came out. It wasn't a big deal, it was because I pushed too hard, and the feces in the toilet bounced back, and I got shit all over my butt...]
[Ugh, shut up upstairs! I'm eating curry rice! I can't even look at my curry rice after hearing what you said!]
Sure enough, after hearing this, the old man's face, which hadn't been happy for a few seconds, suddenly became gloomy. He touched the jade bottle with a gloomy look and sighed: "It seems that I have to study for a few more years."
Upon hearing this, Mi Li looked at her grandfather in confusion. Could it be that her grandfather finally figured it out?
The appraiser was also somewhat speechless at the old man's reaction, but he still nodded and agreed: "You need to study hard again."
Unexpectedly, the old man snorted coldly and said to the appraiser: "I'm talking about you!"
After he finished speaking, he put the jade bottle into the box and turned to walk out.
Mi Li quickly stepped forward to comfort the angry grandfather, and handed the box in his hand to the driver next to him.
The old man's mood visibly calmed down when he saw Mi Li. "Mi Li, let me tell you, none of these appraisers are capable. They can't even identify my treasure."
Mi Li quickly patted the old man on the back and held the phone in front of him: "Grandpa, since you don't trust the appraiser, then you should at least believe what Master Bai says!"
When the old man saw Bai Ningyu on the phone screen, he suddenly smiled happily.
He took his granddaughter's phone and began to speak anxiously to Bai Ningyu, "Master Bai, I'm your die-hard fan. They all say my collection is fake. Can you help me calculate whether my collection is real?"
[Well, the old man has lost his faith in science and has turned to metaphysics.]
If the host denies this again, do you think the old man will collapse?
[I don't dare to think about it. Maybe the old man would say to the anchor, "As a fortune teller, it's normal for you not to understand antiques..."]
Bai Ningyu twitched her lips as she read the comments, but didn't answer the old man's question. Instead, she asked, "Old man, did you buy all these things from that friend of yours?"
"A friend regardless of age? Grandpa, when did you meet a friend regardless of age?" Mi Li asked with a puzzled look in her eyes.
The old man raised his neck and said with a hint of complaint in his tone, "What's the matter? You all go out early and come back late, so busy that you almost forget about me, an old man. And you won't let me make new friends?"
As he spoke, the old man gave Bai Ningyu a thumbs up and said, "That's right, Master Bai, your calculation is really accurate, not wrong at all. We met while fishing together.
Later I discovered that he was very knowledgeable about antiques, so we became close friends regardless of age. He often had great finds, and he sold me all these treasures, even at a huge discount!